According to published results, preoperative depressive symptom burden treatment may improve patient-centered outcomes and health trajectories after surgery. Irena Cenzer, PhD, and colleagues for the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery study performed a prospective cohort study of 487 patients (mean age of 76.5 years) who underwent orthopedic, gastrointestinal or vascular surgery between June 8, 2010, and Aug. 8, 2013.
